Pilot 78G with a matte finish

[KrazyIvan]

Saw a thread on FPN and I decided to try it on my 78g. I am really liking the effect of strategic matte and shiny black portions of the pen. No real good light except my desk lamp but I wanted to zoom in on the "brushed" finish.

[Maja]

Neato!
How did you deal with the problem of the cap rings being painted on (and thus easy to accidentally remove)?

[writingrav]

Very nice!

[KrazyIvan]

Neato!
How did you deal with the problem of the cap rings being painted on (and thus easy to accidentally remove)?

I masked them off with tape. I had trouble getting close to the rings anyway. I am just going to sand them off as they are painted anyway.

[KrazyIvan]

Very nice!

Thank you.

[Truppi327]

Do you have a shot of the full pen? Looks really neat.

[KrazyIvan]

Do you have a shot of the full pen? Looks really neat.

I do, but you can't see it very well. I'll try a full daylight shot when I get home.

[Maja]

I masked them off with tape. I had trouble getting close to the rings anyway. I am just going to sand them off as they are painted anyway.

That's what I figured you'd do as it would be verrry difficult to sand between the rings!
Looking forward to seeing what the whole pen looks like

[KrazyIvan]

That's what I figured you'd do as it would be verrry difficult to sand between the rings!
Looking forward to seeing what the whole pen looks like

I was actually going to leave it shiny between and below the rings. I just cant get close enough to the top ring to make if look good. The barrel is nice and I left the section shiny.

[KrazyIvan]

Okay, I had some light from the window.

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Pilot 78G mattification by IvanRomero, on Flickr[/img]

[Bogon07]

The shiny black accentuates the sanded matt parts really well. The texture is looks similar to the Lamy2000.

I did something like that to a cheap plastic mech pencil last year.

[Maja]

Nice work, Ivan! I'd be so tempted to try to sand even closer to the rings, heh heh...but that's just me

[manoeuver]

very, very nice Ivan.

[fountainpenkid]

+1 to everyone here! this is really cool!!

[jor412]

Saw a thread on FPN and I decided to try it on my 78g. I am really liking the effect of strategic matte and shiny black portions of the pen. No real good light except my desk lamp but I wanted to zoom in on the "brushed" finish.

Like everyone said, really nice look. What grit papers did you use?

[KrazyIvan]

Like everyone said, really nice look. What grit papers did you use?

Thanks. I used 2000 grit wet/dry paper.

[jor412]

Thank you. Will practice on cheap plastic first -- maybe a gel pen haha.

[fountainpenkid]

2000 grit? i thought that is a polishing grit?

[KrazyIvan]

If you use it dry, it is rough enough to remove the shine and leave the "brush" marks, as you can see.

[Sailor Kenshin]

You do some really kewl stuff, and this is no exception!

Is the pen black? Looks teal in the second shot.